Multi-layer ceramic capacitor

A method for providing a laminated ceramic capacitor, the method comprising:

• providing a dielectric starting material from powders of bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), strontium carbonate (SrCO3) and titanium oxide (TiO2);
• preparing a green chip using a sheet method or a printing method employing a paste for dielectric layers and a paste for internal electrodes, wherein the paste for the dielectric layers is an organic paint comprising a mixture of the dielectric starting material and an organic vehicle or wherein the paste for the dielectric layers is an aqueous paint comprising a mixture of the dielectric starting material and an aqueous vehicle;
• performing a debinding treatment on the green chip;
• baking the green chip thereby forming a main body;
• printing or transcribing external electrodes on the main body;
• and
• baking the main body comprising a dielectric composition,
• wherein the dielectric starting material is weighed out such that the dielectric composition has a perovskite crystal structure containing at least Bi, Na, Sr and Ti, and wherein the dielectric composition includes a low-Bi phase in which a Bi concentration is not greater than 0.8 times a mean Bi concentration in the dielectric composition as a whole.